"Now that you have beads," Swamiji says the next morning, "you should chant sixty-four rounds every day."
"Sixty-four rounds?" To pronounce every word of the mantra distinctly, we require five minutes to chant a round. Sixty-four rounds would take over five hours. "Impossible!" we say. "We’ll never have the time."
"All right," Swamiji says. "Thirty-two rounds."
"’Impossible," we say. "We’ll never be able to do it. It’s way too much."
"All right," Swamiji says. "Sixteen rounds. No less."
After the kirtan, Swamiji requests us to chant one round, and the little storefront vibrates with the mantra. It is most soothing. It drowns out even the constant Second Avenue cacophony of traffic, kids, and barking dogs. "It is best to chant all your rounds early in the day," he says. "Actually, before the sunrise. Perhaps this you cannot do, but at least try to have sixteen rounds chanted by midday. Of course, chanting should go on all the time. There is no restriction."
"Even when we go to the bathroom?" I ask.
"Yes," Swamiji laughs. "Even then. Of course, you must not take your beads into the bathroom. But the mantra you can chant all the time."
From the "The Hare Krishna Explosion" by HG Hayagriva dasa
Disclaimer: The article is posted in the Yahoo Groups – Govindadwipa. All credits goes to the group and their services. Hare Krishna.
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